Online Course

IPM in Multifamily Housing Register for the June 2023 course here

 

Complete all four sessions and  fill out the questionnaire (QUIZ + Evaluation) to earn your certificate of completion.

Live course offered Thursdays, June 8, - June 29, 2023

Recordings of sessions will be posted on this page! If you miss a session just come back to this page a few days after the live event to view the recording.

Schedule

All Sessions will be approximately 90 minutes depending on participation. We have scheduled 2 hours for each session to allow for questions and discussions.

 

2023 Schedule:
 
June 8 Session 1: Introduction to IPM and Pesticide Use

June 15 Session 2: Cockroaches

June 22 Session 3: Rodents

June 29 Session 4: Bed Bugs

Check your time zone! All sessions will be held:

  • 1:00pm - 3:00pm Eastern
  • 12:00pm - 2:00pm Central
  • 11:00am - 1:00pm Mountain
  • 10:00am - 12:00pm Pacific

Course Description: 

The IPM in Multifamily Housing Course was designed to help housing professionals provide safe and effective pest control in their communities. The course covers:

1. how to effectively manage pests within a housing community with the least risk of pesticide exposure;

2. the major health risks posed by common pests;

3. the biology and behavior of the major pests of housing (bed bugs, cockroaches and rodents);

4. and how to troubleshoot pest control failures.

Register Here


 

Complete all four sessions and  fill out the questionnaire to earn your certificate of completion.

Missed a session? we'll post recordings of the sessions on this page. Check back a few days after the live webinar.

These webinars are interactive, including polls, chats and Q&A. Although we have scheduled 2 hours for each session, they will likely be 90 minutes or shorter depending on attendance and participation levels.

If 5 or more staff members from the same HUD-assisted housing site (public housing authority/commission, section 8, 202, 811, or tribal housing department) complete the course we'll send you a box of printed resident resources, traps, monitors, and pest control related supplies.

Contact StopPests@cornell.edu if you have any questions.


Support for this training is provided by HUD's Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.


 

Handouts for the course

Workplan - this is a worksheet for you to think about who will do what and contract language to consider

IPM Log Example focus unit tracking sheet

Safety Data Sheet (sample)

NPIC graphic – Reading Pesticide labels

HUD IPM Notice PIH 2011-22

HUD Bed Bug Notice PIH 2012-17

Roles & Responsibilities- IPM team job descriptions

Helpful resident engagement materials:

Bed Bug Poster (English or Español)

Tenant Bed Bug Policy

Tri-fold flyer – Tenant’s role in IPM

Resident’s guide: Stop Cockroaches!   Spanish: Detenga las Cucarachas!

Resident’s guide: Stop Mice! Spanish: Detenga los Ratones!

Resident’s guide: Stop Bed Bugs! Spanish: Detenga las Chinches!

NYS IPM Program’s Bed Bug Management - One Step at a Time illustrated guide,

--- Spanish - Manejo de las Chinches - Un Paso a la Vez

 

PDFs of the slides:

Session 1. Introduction to IPM and Pesticide Use

Session 2. Cockroaches

Session 3. Rodents

Session 4. Bed Bugs

 

Archived online courses:

Live course April-May 2022

Live course for HUD Region 3,  May 11- June 1, 2022

Live course for Virgin Islands July 13- August 3, 2022

Live course October-November 2022

 

Questions? email stoppests@cornell.edu